- Spain's linguistic differences have been a major source of political tension
- The government is made up of a mayor and 52-member city council
- City Hall is located in the Plaza de la Villa in the colonial section of Madrid
- There are three political parties known as the Popular Party, Spanish Socialist Workers Party and the United Left
- Madrid is a democracy which means that everyone was a right to vote
- In Mardid there is a government and a royal family